Hi,In a  legal 3 family home when each unit is separately metered (heat, water tanks, electric) who pays for what? Is it legal to have each tenant pay for their own heat, water in general, and hot water?  The property...

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I am currently under contract for a 1960's era home in Jersey City.  The home has a central Oil-Fired furnace which provides both heat and hot water to all three units. The current owner has agreed to remove the...

Water heater in rental went out. Need to install new one, pull permit and bring connections up to code. New water heaters are too large to fit in closet where tank is stored. Will take several days to complete install...

Hi everybody,  I'm not sure if this has been talked about much...   I looked through the forums and didn't find much...  so sorry if it's a repeat question.Currently I pay for all utilities in the bungalow I rent out....

Hi,I'm separating the gas on a small 2 family building. I will use the existing boiler & hot water heater for the first floor apartment. I'm trying to find the most economical cost for heating & providing hot ...

We're in the process of rehabbing one of the units we manage, and during teardown of the kitchen, we notice that on the wall behind where the sink and dishwasher were, was a hot water baseboard heater. We consulted wi...

Hi BPer,I would consider myself a decent landlord, where I would address every issue or concern that my tenants have. Recently, my hot water boiler broke, so this issue negatively affect 2-3 units in the building. Two...

I thought this was worth sharing. Most of us think of installation of a hot water heater in an apartment building as pretty basic. I received an article from a personal injury attorney in Chicago detailing his recent ...

Currently getting ready to sell my primary residence and the furnace and hot water heater need replaced.The guy doing the job won't touch the pipe that takes the exhaust from the basement out the attic since it is an ...

Has anyone done this? Yesterday my HWH in my own home sprung a leak, causing a minor flood. Thankfully we had a leak alarm next to it. We will be putting a drain pan in with the replacement, but I would like to do som...